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Liz Lynch QA How to Be a Power Networker

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:30:28 +0000

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Liz Lynch @liz_lynch. Liz is an international speaker, business development expert, and the author of Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person [...]

How to Grow a Billion Dollar Membership Site QA

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:30:30 +0000

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Alexis Maybank @giltfounder Alexis cofounded Gilt Groupe with her best friend Alexandra Wilkis Wilson. Gilt Groupe took only four years to take [...]

12 Bible Verses Every Small Business Owner Needs For 2012

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:30:23 +0000

I normally do this post at the top of the year, but I was inspired to wait until now. With Easter upon us, I though this post would be particularly meaningful at this time of year. My religious theme for 2012 is, “Either I win or I learn, but with God’s help I never lose.” [...]

How to Be Successful as a Franchise Owner with Dina Dwyer-Owens

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:30:21 +0000

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @DinaDwyerOwens. She’s the Chairwoman and CEO of The Dwyer Group www.dwyergroup.com over such well-known service brands as Mr. Rooter, Aire Serv Heating [...]

How To Be A Pregnant Entrepreneur – #Smallbizchat QA with Darla DeMorrow

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:23:23 +0000

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with professional organizer Darla DeMorrow @DarlaDeMorrow Darla helps people find their desktops, keys, time, money, and sanity as a certified professional organizer, but [...]

How to Simplify Your Life in 2012- Q/A with Allyson Lewis

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:20 +0000

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Allyson Lewis @Allyson7Minutes Allyson has spent the last 29 years developing and teaching concrete, actionable business ideas all over the country. As a [...]

5 Tips to Create a Successful 2012 Marketing Budget

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:30:07 +0000

It isn’t 2012 just yet. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be planning for it. For any business to be successful, it’s necessary to have a marketing budget. And while next year seems like a far off notion today, there is no better time to start establishing how you’ll invest your marketing dollars. Below are [...]

Are You on the Path to Reinventing Your Small Business?

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:30:06 +0000

Small biz owners are reinventing their businesses all the time, especially in this economy. Old ways of doing business just aren’t working anymore. I’d love to be able to tell you that there are set of linear phases that every small business owner goes through while you’re reinventing your business and marketing models… …but if [...]

Shark Tales That Will Make You Swim

Melinda Emerson — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:00:43 +0000

“Shark Tales” by Barbara Corcoran is a hilarious and honest tale of how a business empire was built, and I loved every minute of reading it! Her inspiring story of how she beat poverty, dyslexia, made D’s in high school, didn’t finish college, and survived a no-good boyfriend to start The Corcoran Group, which she sold [...]

6 Things Oprah Winfrey Taught Us About Business

Melinda Emerson — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:40:46 +0000

Oprah Winfrey is my hero. I never thought about being an entrepreneur until she got on my radar when I was in college in the early 90’s. It was around that time that she opened Harpo Studios in Chicago, making her the third woman in the American entertainment industry (after Mary Pickford and Lucille Ball) [...]